Val Garland Make-up Looks

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 This is a make-up look created by Val Garland on the Polish model Anja Rubik for ‘Numéro’ magazine. I really love this make-up look as it is bold and daring with the use of strong graphic lines and bright colours which are complimentary of each other. Garland has done this look in such a way that having strongly structured electric blue eyebrows looks the norm, and the eyebrow is almost reflected underneath the eye, as the blue eyeliner follows the same shape as the eyebrow, creating a striking frame around the eye so that you are drawn in. The bright yellow on the eyelid clashes with the dark blue really making the eye pop, and the more subtle blue shades around the top of the eyelid and the inner eye bring a slightly softer quality to the look. The violet lip compliments the yellow of the eyelid and works well with the tones of the blue, pulling the overall make-up look together. The soft violet colour also works well with the softer blue sections on the eye so that the complete make-up look is not too harsh. The half dyed purple hair really adds to and completes the whole make-up creation, as it matches the violet lips and sticks to one of the three colours used in this design so that it doesn’t look too busy, and the tousled and back-combed texture and styling of the hair give it a slight rock-and-roll edge.

I would choose this look by Garland to transform myself for a photo-shoot with David Lachapelle. I would be photographed by Lachapelle at an aquarium, and I would be inside a tank full of tropical fish to match my bright make-up. I think the make-up would work well underwater as it is a bold look so would show up in the photographs well, and the hair would look full of volume as it would float in the water around me. I would choose this location and make-up look to transform myself as I am usually quite a quiet person and I don’t like being the centre of attention, so in picking this look, I would be setting myself a personal challenge to embrace a bold look and act confidently with it. It would be a personal achievement, and the photographs would remind me that with the right tools I could accomplish anything I put my mind to.  

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 This is the second make-up look by Val Garland that I have chosen to review, and it is of Lady Gaga in the advert for her ‘Viva Glam’ lipstick range at MAC. I think this is a classically beautiful make-up look and oozes glamour and femininity. It is a soft look with lots of nudes and pale browns and pinks, but still with that edge of sex appeal with the subtle flick of black eyeliner on the top of the eyelids and the feathery eyelashes to lure you into her eyes. Garland has created a sort of half smoky eye, as on the upper lid she has used pale pinks and nudes for a very neutral look, and under the eye has used a smoky bronze/ brown colour, which combined with the black liner on the upper lid makes a delicate smoky eye effect. I like the fact that the eyebrows have been kept very pale as they look natural and don’t detract away from the eye make-up, but compliment the pale shades on the eyelid and add to the soft and feminine appearance of the make-up. I really love the nude shade Garland has used on Gaga’s lips, as it has a slight tan colour to it and brings out the brown tones in the eye make-up, and she has also used a slightly darker nude brown to line the lips with to give them more definition and fullness. The skin looks flawless and natural, with minimal amounts of bronzer to give it a slight glow and warmth. To me, the whole look is about being effortlessly glamorous, and the slight Hollywood style waves in her hair also add to the overall image of glamour and gracefulness.   

I would choose this make-up look by Garland to transform myself for a huge star studded, old Hollywood glamour themed charity event in the casino of ‘The Cosmopolitan’ hotel in Las Vegas. I think this make-up look would be perfect for an event like this, as it is very glamorous and classic, and it reminds me of old Hollywood starlets such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950’s, and I can picture paring this hair and make-up styling with a classic strapless floor length fitted black dress and elegant diamond jewellery. The setting of the grand and glitzy casino with the numerous celebrities mingling around and all the gorgeous 1950’s-esque looks would create a magical atmosphere where I would feel like a true star. I think this look reflects my personality as I love anything glamorous that makes you look and feel good, and I also love the era of the 1950’s and admire how the women always looked so put together and perfect and exuded femininity.